Teen held for raping seven-year-old in Greater Noida

GREATER NOIDA: A 16-year-old boy has been detained for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl in a Jarcha village on Wednesday. The alleged assault came to light after the girl opened up to her parents.
She told her parents that the accused, who lives in the neighbourhood, took her to a room on the pretext of accompanying her to a nearby market and then raped her.
According to the complaint filed by her family, the girl was on the way to a market when the youth persuaded her to a room in a dark alley. After a few minutes, the girl came crying to her mother and narrated the incident.
Anil Kumar Singh, the station house officer of Jarcha police station, said that they received information about the alleged rape around 11pm. The girl’s father had returned from his office in Bulandshahr and called up the police.
“The family dialled emergency number and informed the police. A team was sent to the spot for primary investigation. The girl was taken for a medical examination, which confirmed rape. The accused had fled after committing the crime,” the officer said.
Singh added that a case had been filed around midnight on Wednesday against the accused under sections 376AB (punishment for rape on woman under twelve years of age), along with Section 5/6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.
“The next day, we were tipped-off on the accused. He was detained from a village road,” he said.
The accused is a Class X student of a government school in the village. “He was produced in a juvenile court on Thursday and sent to an observation home,” Singh said.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)